According to Kenneth Setton, Stefano Magno was born around 1499 (his father's name was Andrea) and died on 14 October 1572.

[4] His work Annali Veneti e del Mondo is a five-volume manuscript archived in the library of the Museo Correr.

[1] This manuscript is described as "one of the more important literary sources for the last two decades of fifteenth century", providing "extraordinary coverage" of events almost all over Europe and Levant.

[1] The 19th-century Greek historian and researcher Constantine Sathas published extracts of the Venetian chronicle of Stefano Magno connected with the history of Greece (Μνημεία Ελληνικής Ιστορίας [Monuments of Greek History]), which Kenneth Setton considers carelessly transcribed.

[1] The first volume of his Annali Veneti e del Mondo describes the origins of the Venetian noble families and presents the alphabetically arranged list with dates of their admission to the Great Council of Venice, with their coats of arms presented in color.